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Rail line sabotage feared: 3500 clips stolen from Banani tracks; train communication with Dhaka suspended for 3 hours
Shahidul Islam
An organised criminal gang has stolen as many as 3,500 clips from over 600 meters of Dhaka-Chittagong rail line near Banani railway station in the capital Thursday night.
Sources close to the Government and leaders of different political parties termed this incident an act of felony to sabotage the launching of India-Bangladesh Friendship train that starts plying between Dhaka and Kolkata from Pahela Baishak, the Bangla New Year's Day, on April 14 this year.
The Bangla new year is widely observed by Bangla speaking people around the world and a large population of a number of Asian countries.  |
Niazi declined to surrender in public on Dec16 : Jacob
BSS, Dhaka
Leader of the visiting 1971 war veteran Indian generals Lieutenant General JFR Jacob on Friday said the December 16 surrendering ceremony was staged in public despite general Niazi's insistence to hold it at Dhaka cantonment.
"No, you must surrender before the people of Dhaka. We wanted the Pakistani troops to surrender in public as they had carried out so much atrocities on the people of this country," Jacob, the then chief of general staff of India's Eastern Command told a press meet at the Indian High Commission here. |
115 pc rise in Jute exports to India likely
Mashiur Rahaman with Sheikh Arif Bulbon
Bangladeshi export of jute products to India during the first seven months (January to July) of this year (2008) is likely to surge by 115 per cent in value as the Indian Government removed import duty on jute products and some other goods, including raw jute from Bangladesh, sources close to the industry said yesterday.
Statistic compiled by the Indian Government showed, imports of jute products during January-July 2007 stood at 34,208 tons, it will go up to 61,158 tons during the same period in 2008. |
Former UGC Chairman Asaduzzaman dead
DU Correspondent
Prof Mohammad Asaduzzaman, former chairman of University Grants Commission (UGC) and a renowned teacher of Public Administration Department of Dhaka University died of cardiac arrest in a city hospital at 10:00am yesterday. He was 60.
The doctor on duty declared him dead shortly after he was admitted to the BIRDEM hospital.
Prof Asaduzzaman's body has been kept at the BIRDEM hospital after the first namaj-e-janaza held at the DU Central Mosque after Juma prayers. |
Rotary Club distributes 140 wheelchairs among handicapped people
Staff Reporter
The Rotary Club of Dhaka yesterday distributed 140 wheelchairs among physically handicapped people.
The distribution programme was held at Bangladesh-China friendship conference centre. Peoples Leasing and Financial services Ltd was the partner in the programme. CI, Singapore donated the wheel chairs.
Speaking on the occasion, Rafiq Ahmed Siddique, Convenor of Rotary Club in Bangladesh, said some organisations in the country are giving leadership in helping the unprivileged people. The Rotary club is one of them. |
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Internet Edition. March 29, 2008, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM 
